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...Ironically, while Sharon's popularity has plummeted in the two months he's kept Arafat under siege, the Palestinian leader's domestic approval rating has jumped over the same period, according to a Bir Zeit University survey, from 38 percent to 52 percent. Turns out that two months of virtual house arrest by the Israelis has been something of a political tonic for the Palestinian leader, his fortunes rising as long as he's allowed to play the victim. And the sharp uptick of violence appears to have reminded a growing number of Israelis that regardless of Arafat's status...
...Nepalese king, Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, was a Quincy House resident and member of the Fox during a one-year stay at the College in 1967. His son-in-law, Khagda “K.B.” Shah, who was also killed, lived in Kirkland House on a Nieman fellowship...
...Promising Koenig that she would never leave his side, she accompanied the Legion to the unforgiving Western Desert of Libya, where it was to block General Rommel and his Afrika Korps on their advance to Egypt. Here, in a desolate spot called Bir Hakeim, the Legion set about preparing itself for what would prove a brutal battle...
...book's finest storytelling occurs in the vivid descriptions of Bir Hakeim. Vastly superior in manpower and artillery, Rommel predicted that it would take him 15 minutes to crush the 3,700 men stationed there. Instead, combat raged for a bloody 15 days, the Legion holding out despite waning supplies and unbearable heat. As defeat seemed imminent, Koenig ordered a risky nighttime breakout through enemy lines. The book reaches its hair-raising climax with Travers at the wheel, Koenig at her side, speeding over dunes between firing tanks, and ultimately leading 2,400 men to safety...
...more than anything, was to stay with the Legion, my adopted family, the people with whom I felt most at home." The Legionnaires dubbed her La Miss, a token of their respect and affection and, in 1956, Travers was awarded the Legion's highest honor for her courage at Bir Hakeim. The book winds to a melancholy close, describing Travers' tepid marriage to a fellow Legionnaire and her move from Indochina back to France. The story moves along at a mostly brisk pace as Travers offers the razor-sharp observations of an outsider coupled with the collegial pride...